Football betting preview: Philadelphia Union favourites when Toronto visits

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 04.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Subaru Park (19178 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Philadelphia Union fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Toronto.

Insights:
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (33) in Major League Soccer

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Philadelphia and Toronto.

It's quite the trip for Toronto when visiting Philadelphia as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Philadelphia Union form and stats

Philadelphia Union have collected 14 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-2-2.

Philadelphia drew their last game, also a home match. Chicago Fire (placed 13th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Kai Wagner, defender, was given a rating of 8.94/10 in that game, top of the team. Wagner scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that, Philadelphia played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Inter Miami.

The manager P. Noonan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to New England in only four days.

Philadelphia has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Philadelphia have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Toronto form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Toronto so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Toronto, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Toronto played 1-1 against Nashville SC in their previous match. Defender Omar Gonzalez was the best team player with a rating of 7.95. Gonzalez scored one goal and won 7 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Chicago Fire with the score of 2-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Toronto are hosting New York City in the Major League Soccer only three days away.

Toronto find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Toronto are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 12 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Philadelphia wins - draws - Toronto wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PhiladelphiaK. Przybyłko
K. Przybyłko
6 goals
Philadelphia UnionC. Burke
C. Burke
4 goals
Philadelphia UnionS. Santos Gomes
S. Santos Gomes
3 goals

Philadelphia Union missing players

Toronto missing players

Philadelphia Union Toronto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 9 16
6 4 0 Won W 0 2 3
7 2 1 Drew D 0 1 5
4 2 1 Lost L 4 6 8
21 10 2 Scored S 4 12 21
17 7 3 Conceded C 15 23 33
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 94%
35% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 38%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 44% 31%
53% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 75%
35% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 22% 19%
 
5.4 6.1 11 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.3 4.8
5.5 5.2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.8 4.9
2.1 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.2 12.9 19 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.7 9.8
4 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 3.5
31% 38% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 38%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Philadelphia Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Philadelphia Union have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Philadelphia Union haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (23) away in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals (33) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 New England 17 11 3 3 33 21 7 6 0 1 14 8 10 5 3 2 19 13 12 36
2 Orlando City 16 8 4 4 26 21 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 3 2 3 10 15 5 28
3 Nashville SC 16 6 9 1 25 15 11 6 5 0 22 10 5 0 4 1 3 5 10 27
4 New York City 15 8 2 5 30 16 9 6 1 2 22 8 6 2 1 3 8 8 14 26
5 Philadelphia Union 17 6 7 4 21 17 8 4 2 2 10 7 9 2 5 2 11 10 4 25
6 Columbus Crew 16 6 6 4 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 5 9 2 3 4 6 11 1 24
7 Montreal Impact 16 6 4 6 21 20 7 4 2 1 13 9 9 2 2 5 8 11 1 22
8 DC United 16 6 3 7 21 18 7 5 0 2 12 4 9 1 3 5 9 14 3 21
9 New York RB 15 5 3 7 20 20 7 4 1 2 12 7 8 1 2 5 8 13 0 18
10 Atlanta United 16 2 8 6 16 21 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 0 5 4 8 14 -5 14
11 Toronto 16 3 5 8 21 33 7 1 4 2 9 10 9 2 1 6 12 23 -12 14
12 Cincinnati 15 3 5 7 17 29 6 0 3 3 5 9 9 3 2 4 12 20 -12 14
13 Chicago Fire 16 3 4 9 18 28 10 3 3 4 15 14 6 0 1 5 3 14 -10 13
14 Inter Miami 14 3 3 8 12 24 8 1 2 5 7 18 6 2 1 3 5 6 -12 12

Read more about Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.